A Day of ‘Non-Workouts’

Smart Food

The zucchini and cucumbers in my garden are coming up like weeds! And I mean that in the best way possible. 😀

I can only eat so much roasted zucchini, so I decided to turn some into Zucchini Banana Bread yesterday. So moist and delicious! I used 1/2 c. sugar, and while I loved it, it may be too sweet for some. Reduce the amount to 1/4 or 1/3 c as desired!

Zucchini Banana Bread

1 3/4 c. shredded zucchini (3 small zucchinis)

2 medium, ripe bananas

1/2 c. sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

1 c. whole wheat flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/4 tsp. allspice

Preheat oven to 350*F. Grate the zucchini. When they get too small to grate without scraping your hands, cut into small chunks and include in the mix!

In a stand mixer, blend all ingredients.

Pour into a greased loaf pan. Bake 45-50 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool and slice.

Smart Fitness

It finally cooled down outside, so we spent a lot of time in the sunshine this weekend.

On Saturday, we rode our bikes to run errands (for a total of 8 miles), then explored Buttermilk Falls. The falls are so gorgeous, and consist of 5 little falls joining together into one big one. We hiked 3/4 of a mile to the top so that we could see all of the little waterfalls, and had a lot of fun taking pictures!

I loved getting in some physical activity without doing a “traditional” workout! I call it our day of ‘non-workouts.’ 😀

On Sunday, we embarked on my longest ride yet for the year. We drove over to Owasco Lake, and biked all the way around it, for a total of 39.3 miles! Some of the roads were in rough shape, but the lake views totally made up for it.

This post makes me think of home – we had a Buttermilk Falls in Erie, PA that I used to visit during the summers when I was out “exploring” with my brother and sister! (Zucchini Banana Bread also brings back summer memories from my childhood…sad to say I haven’t had any in years. It’s the best with a schmear of cream cheese on it if you ask me!)
My non-traditional workouts are like yours – riding our bikes while running errands, easy hikes while sight seeing & even walking around amusement parks (amazing how many miles you can get in during 1 day at Disney World!)

made your bread yesterday and it is awesome!!! i love the natural sweetness of the bananas instead of adding so much regular sugar like in normal zucchini bread! just sweet enough, and i only used a 1/4c of brown sugar!

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